M/S. Thim Construction Pvt. Ltd. v. Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
wetlands; National Wetlands Atlas Maharashtra; brief document; ground truthing; SAC Wetland Atlas 2021; NCSCM; National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management; Maharashtra State Wetlands Authority; Wetland (Conservation and Management) Rules 2017; Zone Confirmation Certificate; Deputy Director Town Planning Vasai Virar Palghar; Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation; Palghar district; land reclamation restriction; NOC; Anand Arya v Union of India WPC 304/2018; Supreme Court supervision; disposal with directions; no opinion on merits; Bombay High Court Division Bench 7 July 2025; bunch of 22 writ petitions.
What did the court decide?
With directions: (i) Petitioners may raise all permissible contentions before NCSCM/State Wetlands Authority, which shall consider their objections while preparing the brief documents; (ii) brief documents to be prepared on or before 30 April 2026 as undertaken before the Supreme Court; (iii) surviving grievances may be taken to the Supreme Court; (iv) liberty to challenge the State Wetlands Authority's decision before the appropriate forum if lands remain in the new brief documents. Interim Application No.4110 of 2025 also disposed of as nothing survived.